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Library Reading Lists : A Guide for Academic Staff

Your Library Reading Lists made easy!

How can I add sections to my Library Reading List?

When the Library Reading List is available for your module, you can start adding resources for your students to read. A good place to start is by adding some sections to organise your list.

This short video shows how to create sections in your Library Reading List:

Now you've created your sections, you can start adding items to your list.

How can I add content to my Library Reading List?

You can add anything that you need your students to read (or watch or listen to) to your Library Reading List. This includes books, book chapters and journal articles available in the Library collection, and other sources available on the web.

You can either add items while working in the Library Reading Lists system or, using the Cite It tool, you can add items from anywhere on the web. You can use the Cite it tool on any website, including Library Search, to easily add items to your lists as you find them. Using Cite It is the easiest way to add items not found in the library, such as YouTube videos or webpages, to your Library Reading List.

Items can either be added directly to a list or to your favourites, which is a place you can save items to add to your lists later on.

When you have added an item to your list, a tag should be added to indicate the reading priority to your students – essential or additional – and, for ebooks, the ebook tag should also be added to help students to filter lists to show reading that is available online more easily.

In this video we will demonstrate how to add items to your Library Reading Lists: